Mike Blanchard, general manager of strategic procurement at Sydney Trains, made the point while addressing delegates at the CIPS Australasia Conference this month. He said high-performing teams have the following five characteristics: they share the same ...read more

The upcoming contract management event – organised by Bespoke and the International Association of Contract and Commercial Management (IACCM) – promises to deliver international leading practice knowledge on contract management and supplier ...read more

Kellogg’s has announced a new commitment to enable improved productivity of 15,000 smallholder farmers in its agricultural supply chain, with a focus on rice, as well as support the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. The company made the announcement ...read more

Phones4u has gone into administration after contracts with EE and Vodafone were not renewed. The collapse of Phones 4u (P4U) has been described as a “classic example of a relationship breakdown with a series of strategic suppliers ... ...read more

With the original B-BBEE Codes released in 2007, the BEE Act allows various industry sectors to issue their own sector codes. Nine sectors, including construction, have their own codes and the Construction Sector Codes were issued in June 2009. This ...read more

The National Treasury is set to roll out electronic procurement in July this year as part of efforts to automate and streamline Government financial management processes and procedures. ...read more

The Kenya National Treasury is set to roll out electronic procurement in July this year as part of efforts to automate and streamline Government financial management processes and procedures. The Cabinet Secretary, The National Treasury, Mr Henry Rotich ...read more

A new business association has been formally launched to link foreign suppliers of equipment to State-owned companies (SoCs) with large and small domestic companies in an effort to improve prospects for higher levels of local content in South Africa’s ...read more

When is the best time to fire a non-performing service provider? Should we take action as soon as serious problems become evident? Once they’ve had a chance or two to sort out the issues (but have failed in those initial attempts)? Or only as a very last ...read more

LONMIN on Thursday became the third platinum company to be forced to tell some of its suppliers it is no longer able to pay them as the strike at platinum mines near Rustenburg enters its 11th week, making it the most damaging strike in South Africa’s ...read more

The phrase “the customer is king” is well known, you don’t hear words like this when procurement people talk about suppliers. It is no coincidence that companies that really value their customers also treat their suppliers well. Influencing ...read more

Trade and Industry Minister Dr Rob Davies has decided to extend the transitional period for the recently revised Broad-Based Black Economic-Empowerment (B-BBEE) codes of good practice to the end of April 2015. ...read more

In a big move to revitalise South Africa’s rail system, Transnet has awarded a R50 billion contract for the building of 1 064 modern and technologically advanced locomotives. ...read more

The special Economic Zones Bill aims to support a broader-based industrialisation growth path, balanced regional industrial growth and the development of more competitive and productive regional economies with strong up and downstream links in strategic ...read more

The report from relationship charity OnePlusOne found that 15 per cent of people went as far as to say they are “very unhappy”. This may be the case in personal lives, but what about in a business environment? Are your suppliers happy with ...read more